Would you like a crunchy, vitamin-rich salad? If only it weren't for the annoying cleaning that sometimes prevents you from preparing a delicious lettuce. A head is enough for a family meal, is quickly cleaned with our instructions and tastes good with a fine dressing as a starter. With fried strips of turkey breast or mushrooms, the tender lettuce becomes a wholesome main course.

The lettuce should be taken apart for washing

Prepare lettuce

With one cut you can loosen all the leaves of the lettuce and wash it immediately afterwards:

  1. First, fill the sink with water.
  2. Cut the stalk out of the lettuce in a circle and add the leaves to the water.
  3. Wash thoroughly once or twice. Gently move the leaves through the water.
  4. To allow sand and dirt to settle, wait for the leaves to float to the surface.
  5. Remove carefully and drain in a colander.
  6. Pluck the leaves a little smaller, removing unsightly spots and spin the lettuce dry in a salad spinner.

Wash outdoor lettuce

In the lettuce from your own garden you sometimes find unwanted subtenants. These aren't a reason to throw the salad away, as they're fairly easy to wash off.

  1. Run lukewarm water into the sink.
  2. Add some salt and agitate the water so that the crystals dissolve completely.
  3. Add the lettuce leaves and leave in the salted water for a few minutes.
  4. The aphids are now swimming on the surface of the water. You can use a tea strainer to sieve off most of the little pests before lifting the leaves out of the water.
  5. Rinse the lettuce thoroughly with clear water.

tips

Lettuce is not only available in the well-known green version, but also in other varieties. Red lettuce, which develops very tender leaves, has a mild taste and looks great in a mixed salad, is becoming increasingly popular. Red lettuce is also less likely to be attacked by lice, as the animals prefer fresh yellow-green and avoid the dark leaves.

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Vegetable garden